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, par ORLOV Dmitry

Définancialisation, Démondialisation, Relocalisation

Par Dmitry Orlov

Qui est Dmitry Orlov ?
Dmitry Orlov est né à Leningrad et a émigré aux États-Unis à l’âge de douze ans. Il a été témoin de l’effondrement soviétique lors de plusieurs visites prolongées sur sa terre natale russe entre la fin des années 1980 et le milieu des années 1990. Il est ingénieur et a (…)

, by International Rivers

Brazilian government severely underestimates dam emissions

By Katy Yan

Mathematical errors in the classroom or on tests usually don’t carry a whole lot of consequences besides a blot on your grade and maybe a deflated sense of self-esteem.
But what happens when the mathematical error occurs in a major government energy agency? The ramifications could be huge, (…)

, par Basta !

Jaitapur, candidat à un second Fukushima ?

Dans une lettre au président Sarkozy, une centaine d’associations et de mouvements politiques du monde entier demandent officiellement à la France de ne pas financer le projet de centrale nucléaire en Inde à Jaitapur. Cette future installation atomique présente des risques majeurs pour la (…)

, por Salva la Selva

Unión Europea: saca el metal y corre

Los pasados días, los gigantes de la industria minera a nivel mundial, los temidos “majors”, estuvieron reunidos en un lujoso hotel de Barcelona, evento que pasó totalmente desapercibido, al igual que las misteriosas conclusiones a las que allí hayan llegado la Barrick Gold, la Rio Tinto, la (…)

, por Inter Press Service (IPS)

Fuentes renovables para un ambiente más sano

Por Suvendrini Kakuchi

Luego de quedar marginada durante décadas, la industria de la energía renovable en Japón ahora salta al primer plano mientras la nación enfrenta las consecuencias del accidente en la central nuclear de Fukushima.
"Finalmente el público, el gobierno y la industria nos consideran seriamente como (…)

, por Red del Tercer Mundo

Perú: el movimiento social ganó

Por Carlos Bedoya

No me cabe ninguna duda que uno de los anuncios más importantes del presidente electo de Perú, Ollanta Humala, este 28 de julio tendrá que ver con la materialización del derecho a la consulta en el Perú. Es decir, cumplir cabalmente con lo que manda el Convenio 169 de la Organización (…)

, by Common Dreams

Time For Climate Activists to Get Tough

By Jeff Goodell

Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved? Is it time to take to the streets, express some outrage, maybe engage in a little guerilla warfare against Big Oil and Big Coal?
That’s the message you (…)

, by CETRI

Large-Scale mining to test rights of nature

By Carlos Zorrilla

Ecuador is the only Andean nation without any large-scale metallic mines (such as gold and copper). This unique state of affairs is about to be tested in the next few weeks when the Correa government signs exploitation agreements with Chinese and Canadian transnational miners looking to exploit (…)

, by Frontline

Oil colonialism

By John Cherian

“Cooperating with Iran’s energy industry” is not the sole reason for the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company.
VENEZUELA has become the latest country to be put under economic sanctions by the United States for doing business with Iran. In the last week of May, (…)

, por Red del Tercer Mundo

El clima al borde del abismo

Por Martin Khor

Acaban de concluir las primeras negociaciones reales sobre el cambio climático desde la conferencia de Cancún en diciembre. Aunque hubo un buen debate sobre numerosos temas en las reuniones celebradas en Bonn del 6 al 17 de junio en el ámbito de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre (…)

, por ADITAL

Belo Monte: ‘No limite da irresponsabilidade’

Por Julianna Malerba

O Ministério Público Federal (MPF) caracterizou a decisão do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama) de conceder a Licença de Instalação à Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte, no Pará como ato "no limite da irresponsabilidade”. Ajuizada no último dia 6, a (…)

, by Pambazuka

Water and privatisation in Africa

Special issue on water and water privatisation in Africa produced as a joint initiative of the Transnational Institute, Ritimo and Pambazuka News. This special issue is also being published in French.
Contents:
Africa: access to water and privatisation - Why proclaim access to water a (…)

, by Pambazuka

The cost of adding carbon credits to clean water

By Shiney Varghese

This article is part of a special issue on water and water privatisation in Africa produced as a joint initiative of the Transnational Institute, Ritimo and Pambazuka News. This special issue is also being published in French.
Linking carbon credits to clean water initiatives as a means of (…)

, by Pambazuka

The wrong climate for big dams

Why Africa should shun hydropower megaprojects

By Lori Pottinger
This article is part of a special issue on water and water privatisation in Africa produced as a joint initiative of the Transnational Institute, Ritimo and Pambazuka News. This special issue is also being published in French.
Hydropower dams are ‘well-suited for (…)

, by Pambazuka

Pollution: Africa’s real resource curse?

By Khadija Sharife

This article is part of a special issue on water and water privatisation in Africa produced as a joint initiative of the Transnational Institute, Ritimo and Pambazuka News. This special issue is also being published in French.
A Tanzanian gold mine leaks polluted water into a major river. A (…)

, by Pambazuka

The commodification of water and land in Mali

By Sékou Diarra

This article is part of a special issue on water and water privatisation in Africa produced as a joint initiative of the Transnational Institute, Ritimo and Pambazuka News. This special issue is also being published in French.
Mali’s Dogon have traditionally seen water as a source of life and (…)

, par Pambazuka

Politiques de privatisation et crise de l’eau en Afrique

Dossier sur l’eau et la privatisation de l’eau en Afrique, produit dans le cadre d’une initiative conjointe par Transnational Institute, Ritimo et Pambazuka News. Cette édition spéciale est aussi publiée en anglais. Certains articles ont été traduits depuis l’anglais par les traducteurs (…)